On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:44:34 -0700, Craig White wrote: > ---- > as user... > > echo $PATH > /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/java/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/NX/bin > > as user that performs 'su' > /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/java/jre/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/java/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/NX/bin:/usr/NX/bin > > as user that performs 'su -' # note the dash > /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/java/jre/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/NX/bin:/root/bin > > Note that each is different and it is an important difference... > > # which lspci lsmod > /sbin/lspci > /sbin/lsmod > > and /sbin path (and for that matter, /usr/sbin path) is only available > to the user who performs the command 'su -' OK, Very Dumb Question : is "su - " any different from "su - root"? It was a great day for those of us with trifocal fingers and arthritic eyeballs -- all praise to linux developers! -- when some kind soul enhanced the gnome terminal so that it keeps a separate bash history for each profile. Nobody goes near my machines but me; I can afford to keep two tabs open to root profile routinely -- and start each time with a stroke or two to the up arrow. So I might as well have the most powerful command on it, and stick to that. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
